Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-03
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According to the New York San manu-.
facturers o tobacco say that the habit OF
chewing is rapidly becoming "a obsolete
as that of smut taking, except among
workinamen you win And some Of the
older men of wealth and refinement who
chew nowadays said large dealer;
"but they acquired the hsbit years ago,
when ii was not thought vulgar or disre-
putable to chew. Some Of the older
Judges chew, and there were members of
the Supreme Court of the Unitsd States
who were not easy on the bench unless
they had quid. very few elergymen
ilse tobacco in this way, and mot q few OF
the older lawyers and other professional
men of years. But In the younger gen.
Grafton Of cultivated men of good manners
there are very few, comparatively. now to
be found who chew. The young men of
TO day rarely acquire the habit, and pre-
dict that within the next few years users
OF the weed in this form will be only
those who belong to the less cultivated
society. Il is now regarded very bad
form to chew, though thirty years ago 1t
was not. No; chewing Is going the way
Of snuff taking"
Many Of our most prominent public
men have fought hard to overcome this
habit. In Chicago and 81. Louis chew
ing Ia now regarded as vulgar by persons
who make any pretensions of social stand
ing, and many of the devices employed
by men 10 overcome the habit are amuse-
ing. Atthe late trial Of Maxwell in 1T.
Louis the three prosecuting officers were
noticed constantly chewing during the
trial, and one of them said; "Yes, we are
chewing spruce gum, and we are doing 1t
to break the habit Of chewing tobacco,
and II you will notice on the street you
will see three men out offive q mean, of
course, those who are not workingmen)
vigorously working their Jaws. They
are chewing gum, for there seems 10 be q
sort of tacit agreement among gentlemen
here to quit chewing tobacco"
Many men row carry a strip Of slippery
elm in their pocket. and when they feel
| the old craving come over them, then
they bite of bit and chew it. A down.
town druggist said that he sold great
deal Of licorioe root TO men who were try
ing to break the tobacco habit. Roscoe
Oonkling used to chew, although he
never used tobacco prepared for chewing.
He had habit of taking good cigar,
cutting it in two in the middle. Then
placing the cut end of one of the halves
between his teeth, he would chewit. He did
not take what Ben Butler is so fond OF, a
dry smoke, as it is called, but he chewed
the cigar. He determined to break this
habit, spd to help him the more easily to
conquer il, he filled his pockets with
lozenges or other choice candies every
morning. Oonkling has very sweet
tooth, and is very fond of good ctDdy.
The last three or four years he was in the
Senate he was rarely without lozenge
or other candy in bis mouth. Senator
Eaton and Senator Jones of Florida were
both pets of Oonkling, and both being
very fond of candy, almost daily per
formed this little comedy: Eaton would
stroll over to ConkliDg's desk and chat
few moments, never failing 10 evince
the profound admiration for Conkling
that he had. BY and by he would say;
"Oonkling, what do you do when your
throat is dry and husky ?" Thereupon
Conkling would produce box, in which
were the sugar piums, and Eaton, taking
two or three, would stroll leisurely away
with one in his mouth. By and by Jones
would walk across the aisle an make
his obeisance to Conkling. Thon ht
would cougban hem and clea- his throat
Ont would come the box, ana Jones IN adt
himself happy with two or three candiet
after sufficient hesitation about taking
them Once when Jones of Nevada wa
markings long speech, and his voice grew
husky Conkling arose, pulled his box o.
CONNECTIONS from his pocket, and pre-
scented il to the miner, with as mucl
formality and dignity as though confer
ring the order of the garter. He after
ward told Jones that if be would eat NOR,
candy and use less tobacco he would hav,
no trouble with his voice.
But il the habit of chewing is deereas
ing. that of smoking ia gaining. TIL
coming generation, by all signs, will al
smoke.